Sermon, August, 22, 2010 - Daniel 5 Uninvited Guests
Daniel 5
God STILL opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble [4.37].
A party
A king: Belshazzar
A queen
An advisor: Daniel
A. GOD’S GRACEOUS WORD
1. God spoke to Nebuchadnezzar
2. God spoke to Belshazzar
3. God speaks to us
Hebrews 1.1-2; 3.7-8; 4.12; 11.7-8; 12.25; 13.7
There is no more terrible plague with which the wrath of God can smite men
than a famine of hearing of His Word. Martin Luther
B. GOD’S SEVERE MERCY
Hebrews 12.5-6, 11
God whispers to us in our pleasures,
speaks to us in our conscience,
but shouts in our pains:
It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world. CS Lewis
1. God shouted at Nebuchadnezzar
2. God shouted at Belshazzar
3. God sometimes has to shout at us
All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful,
but sorrowful;
yet to those who have been trained by it,
afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
John Olson
